All about Transferring to Other Primary Schools

[CMF]

Joeyz18:

I have the same problem, should be moving house and not sure how start

Hi

From what I am aware, a successful transfer to another school depends on a vacancy at that particular school that you would like to be transferred to, so most if not all schools would have a wait list that you can put your name down on. Depending on each particular school, there may be an entrance test that the wait list child has to sit for, once a vacancy is available. Once there is a vacancy, whether getting a place is dependent on the results of the entrance test or the past results of the child would depend on each school.

For those that have moved to a new address, there is the STEPS prog which MOE conducts annually, but you would not have a choice of the school. Allocation will be based on the vacancy at each school near your new address, http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/steps/. Details will be provided through every school each year.

[raisintan]

Hi,


I read and heard about successful transfers. Are there many movements between schools or that the schools simply absorb the extras?

[jtoh]

raisintan:

Hi,


I read and heard about successful transfers. Are there many movements between schools or that the schools simply absorb the extras?

There has to be vacancies in the school before it will accept a transfer. The school may make exceptions if the child is exceptionally gifted academically or in sports. The best time to make a transfer is at the end of P3 when students enter GEP and about 300-500 spaces become available.

[mom__]

Hi,


In oday ballotting, we couldnt make it (very disappointed).
If we want to transfer to this particular school, would it possible before P3? What is the procedure?

Thanks

[jedamum]

mom__:

Hi,


In oday ballotting, we couldnt make it (very disappointed).
If we want to transfer to this particular school, would it possible before P3? What is the procedure?

Thanks

whether a not possible will depend on vacancies.
approach the school direct now to express your interest to be put on waiting list for transfer. they may ask you to fill in a form. then check with them if you need to go back every year to submit a fresh form. do bear in mind that it is up to the school's discretion on who to award the vacancies as some may be on first come first serve basis, some schools look at results/special skills of kids and some schools give their pv parents (who was unsuccessful in phase 2b) priority in the waiting list.

[mom__]

Thanks jedamum.

As we know all the seats are taken at this point and there is no exam result to show them( school) before P3…Dont know what to do (confused).
Do you have any idea after Chonfu, Northland and Jiemin which is the relatively better school inYishun?

[jedamum]

mom__:

Thanks jedamum.

As we know all the seats are taken at this point and there is no exam result to show them( school) before P3...Dont know what to do (confused).
Do you have any idea after Chonfu, Northland and Jiemin which is the relatively better school inYishun?

sorry, i am not familiar with yishun schools.
i think you can start to call up the school to be put on waiting list for transfer first and see what they say. i recall reading somewhere that that is what parents who failed in balloting do. some parents do get called up towards end of the year if the school somehow has vacancies (eg last min withdrawal/transfer out by other students). but i think waitlist will be quite long (i am on a waitlist myself for 2 yrs with one school; even if now they have vacancies, not sure if i gonna do a transfer already cos kid said no ).
with schools doing away with exams in lower primary, it may be difficult to get transfer based on academic results. so gonna hope that the school go on first come first serve waiting list approach.
good luck.

[zeemimi]

mom__:

Thanks jedamum.

As we know all the seats are taken at this point and there is no exam result to show them( school) before P3...Dont know what to do (confused).
Do you have any idea after Chonfu, Northland and Jiemin which is the relatively better school inYishun?

As the popular schools are already taken, the remaining pri schools left are relatively comparable. It would be good to choose the nearest available school. Fret not, it may be a blessing in disguise going to a less stressful sch.

[mom__]

Thank you very much jedamum and zeemimi!

[yap_susan]

Anybody is putting your child’s name in another school’s waiting list?

Anybody has succeed before? Please share your experience.